By Karin Nygård Skalman & Erik Bunis, VINNOVA, Sweden, presented at the 16th TCI Global Conference, Kolding 2013.

1. Smart specialization in the Baltic Sea region
Karin Nygård Skalman & Erik Bunis
Breakout Session: Transnational cluster collaboration
5 September 2013

2. Smart specialization in the
Baltic Sea region
One example from the on-going StarDust project:
Comfort in Living, one of five sub-projects,
a merging Meta-Cluster
Kolding, 5 September 2013
Karin Nygård Skalman & Erik Bunis, VINNOVA

3. 60 million
A home market of 60 million inhabitants.

7. Smart specialization
= smart combination of
competencies in the region

8. Creating globally leading
innovation hubs
- using excellencies from
neighbouring countries

9. Comfort in Living
Partners
IDC West Sweden, Skövde, Sweden
The Art Academy of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
Business Cooperation Center of Southern
Lithuania, Alytus, Lithuania
The faculty of wood technology at Poznan
University of Life Science, Poznan, Poland
Culminatum Innovation, Espoo, Finland
The Development Center UMT, Herning, Denmark

10. Multifunctional kitchens for
elderly people
• Design
• Market knowledge
• Material design
• Production efficiency + logistics
• Knowledge of user abilities
• Kitchen appliances

11. Comfort in Living
Competencies within the partnership
Design
Market knowledge
Production efficiency + logistics
Knowledge of user abilities
Material design
Kitchen appliances/IT
solutions

12. Some Highlights

13. Material Library

14. Thank you for listening!
Erik Bunis
VINNOVA
erik.bunis@vinnova.se
Karin Nygård Skalman
VINNOVA
karin.nygardskalman@vinnova.se